Growing number of vegans

A year after he launched the business, inspired by the food of the Middle East, he won the Street Food category in the 2015 Virgin Foodpreneur awards.

After securing investment from a private fund, the business is aiming to open six new restaurants in the next two years.

The vegan restaurant caters to a growing number of diners. One in five people aged between 16 or 24 now identifies themselves as vegetarian or vegan according to the animal protection group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

And The Vegan Society says the number of people identifying as vegan has more than tripled to more than half a million since 2006.